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Many universities don't require interviews. Most state schools don't.

• chrisseaton 7y ago
  That seems worse - reducing them to raw data rather than giving them a chance to explain where they’re coming from and what they want to get out of the course?
  • manfredo 7y ago
    Interviews tend to favor wealthy, white applicants. Who do you think is going to leave a better impression on the interviewer: someone from an upper class family that has been coached in manners most of their life, knows what to wear, and has practiced these interviews? Or someone from a very different cultural background? Furthermore, the Harvard case has also demonstrated that interviews are used as a tool to suppress the chances of Asian applicants. While it may seem cold to reduce candidates to their applications, if the goal is to provide a consistent admissions process interviews are not a good choice.